G2 Vendor Directory

Actian Zen vs. MariaDB

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricActian Zen

by Actian Corporation

MariaDB

by MariaDB

Overall rating4.34.4
Review count12226
Ease of use7.19.0
Ease of setup9.38.9
Quality of support7.68.2
Meets requirements8.69.1
NPS58.33333361.187215
Small Business25.0%41.3%
Mid-Market50.0%30.7%
Enterprise25.0%28.0%
Total page views220289
Total LLM citations4731,220

Actian Zen

Actian Zen is a NoSQL and SQL (fully ANSI compliant) embedded database that runs on Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, in VMs and Containers with AES 256-bit encryption. Version footprints range from 5MB (client only) to 50 MB (embedded client-server) to 200MB (client-server, SaaS-ready) and support up to 64TB tables. NoETL between versions. Use C/C++/C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Delphi, or Basic and connect to any ODBC/JDBC, ASP.Net source or destination.

Pros

    MariaDB

    MariaDB frees companies from the costs, constraints and complexity of proprietary databases, enabling them to reinvest in what matters most – rapidly developing innovative, customer-facing applications. MariaDB uses pluggable, purpose-built storage engines to support workloads that previously required a variety of specialized databases. With complexity and constraints eliminated, enterprises can now depend on a single complete database for all their needs, whether on commodity hardware or their cloud of choice.

    Pros

    • Ease of Use
    • Easy Integrations
    • Query Speed
    • Cost Efficiency
    • Backup Services
    • Performance